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The Yearling
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Description

Life abounds in the 1870s Florida scrubland that's home to young Jody Baxter. There are bears to hunt, cash crops to plant, evenings of storytelling with Pa and Ma, and there are timeless lessons of love and letting go that Jody learns from Flag, the orphaned pet fawn that follows him around with devotion.

Synopsis

After the American Civil War, a rebel soldier and his wife become pioneer farmers in Florida. Their son Jody is 11 years old; he gets along well with his warm and affectionate pa, but his ma is haunted by the death of her other children, so she's somber, even cold. The boy wants a pet: the dad is sympathetic, the mom obdurate. When a rattler bites pa, pa kills a doe to use its organs to draw out the poison. Jody begs to keep the doe's fawn as a pet. The parents agree, and the boy and the deer are soon inseparable. The fawn grows quickly, and as a yearling tramples tobacco shoots and eats the newly-sprouted corn. This is too much for ma, and Jody has to face harsh, adult realities.

Review from Amazon.com

Child actor Claude Jarman Jr. won a Special Oscar for his lead performance as the boy hero of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings' novel, which concerns a lad's love of a fawn in the post-Civil War era. Gregory Peck and Jane Wyman are memorable as his parents, their emotions divided in the aftermath of so much tragedy and their lives affected by the boy's passion for his yearling. Clarence Brown (National Velvet) directed this 1946 heartbreaker, which will not leave a dry eye in the room. A handsome, leisurely drama at more than two hours, shorter versions simply don't cut it. --Tom Keogh

Cast

Gregory Peck as Ezra 'Penny' Baxter

Jane Wyman as Orry Baxter

Claude Jarman Jr. as Jody

Chill Wills as Buck Forrester

Clem Bevans as Pa Forrester

Margaret Wycherly as Ma Forrester

Henry Travers as Mr. Boyles

Forrest Tucker as Lem Forrester

Donn Gift as Fodderwing

Frank Eldredge as Deckhand

Jane Green as Mrs. Saunders

Arthur Hohl as Arch Forrester

Victor Kilian as Captain

June Lockhart as Twink Weatherby

George Mann as Pack Forrester

Robert Porterfield as Mate

Houseley Stevenson as Mr. Ranger

Joan Wells as Eulalie Boyles

Dan White as Millwheel Forrester

Matt Willis as Gabby Forrester

Chick York as Doc Wilson

Jeff York as Oliver Huttoeate

  
 

Directed by
Clarence Brown

Writing credits
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (novel "The Yearling")
Paul Osborn (screenplay)
John Lee Mahin

Produced by
Sidney Franklin - producer

Original Music by
Herbert Stothart

Cinematography by
Arthur E. Arling (director of photography)
Charles Rosher (director of photography)
Leonard Smith (director of photography)

Film Editing by
Harold F. Kress

Art Direction by
Cedric Gibbons
Paul Groesse

Set Decoration by
Edwin B. Willis

Costume Design by
Valles

Makeup Department
Jack Dawn - makeup designer

Production Management
Jay Marchant - production manager: second unit

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Chester M. Franklin - second unit director
Joseph Boyle - assistant director

Art Department
Carl Friend - props: second unit
Dean Pearson - props: second unit

Sound Department
Douglas Shearer - recording director

Special Effects by
Warren Newcombe - special effects

Stunts
Alva D. Kinsey Sr. - stunt double

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Irene - costume supervisor

Editorial Department
Henri Jaffa - associate color director: Technicolor

Music Department
Frederick Delius - composer: themes
Herbert Stothart - conductor: The MGM Symphony Orchestra
R.H. Bassett - orchestrator
Wally Heglin - orchestrator
Albert Sendrey - orchestrator

Other crew
Natalie Kalmus - color advisor: Technicolor
Leslie H. Martinson - script supervisor
Wallace Worsley Jr. - location script clerk

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